Al-Monitor - Irans newly inaugurated parliament is pushing for a new ban on the countrys already restricted social media, a campaign that critics view as a war on the free flow of information. Heated debates during last week's parliament meeting in Tehran are fueling concerns among millions of Iranians that the newly elected conservative lawmakers ...

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MNA Secretary of Criminal Content Definition Task Force said that the order for filtering Instagram social network in Iran has been issued by the Judiciary Branch. Javad Javidnia said Tuesday that the Iranian government had promised to control the content of this social network using smart filtering, however, no resultis obtained despite ...

Sputnik News- The Iranian authorities opened access to the Instagram photo-sharing app, the Mehr news agency reported Friday, adding that Telegram messaging app still remains blocked. The Instagram and Telegram social media apps were blockedon December 31, 2017, asthey were being used byactivists toexchange messages aboutthe rallies. As ...

[caption id="attachment_74679" align="alignright" width="181"] Iran has started censoring images posted on photo sharing app Instagram, removing content deemed offensive as part of a government project to screen social networking accounts. (Shutterstock)[/caption] Iran has started censoring images posted on photo sharing app Instagram, removing content ...

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TEHRAN:A body tasked with policing the Internet laid down a two-month deadline for Iran's government to regularise the use of Instagram or access to the site would be blocked. Iranian authorities regularly block Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites considered damaging to the values of the Islamic republic. Mohammad Ali Asfani, a ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy, semiofficial news agency ISNA reported Tuesday. It quoted an official with the paramilitary Basij force, as saying ...

Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency is reporting that a court has ordered that Instagram be blocked over privacy concerns. Mehr said a court order had been given to Iran's Ministry of Telecommunications to ban the popular mobile phone photo-sharing service because of a lawsuit. Social websites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have already ...